..Therefore, we investigated monthly differences in the effects of temperature on mortality in a study comprising a wide range of weather and years, and we also investigated heterogeneity among regions...

Traffic-related particulate matter and acute respiratory symptoms among New York City area adolescents

..Although the intervention phase of the present study is not yet complete, timely reporting of our field experiences may prove useful to other groups engaged in environmental intervention trials in urban communities...

Effect of prenatal exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on neurodevelopment in the first 3 years of life among inner-city children

Frederica P PereraColumbia Center for Children s Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USAEnviron Health Perspect 114:1287-92. 2006

..The results require confirmation but suggest that environmental PAHs at levels recently encountered in New York City air may adversely affect children's cognitive development at 3 years of age, with implications for school performance...

An intervention to reduce residential insecticide exposure during pregnancy among an inner-city cohort

Megan K WilliamsColumbia Center for Children s Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USAEnviron Health Perspect 114:1684-9. 2006

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Predictors of personal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposures among pregnant minority women in New York City

..This is the largest study to date characterizing personal exposures to PAHs, a ubiquitous class of carcinogenic air contaminants in urban environments, and is unique in its focus on pregnant minority women...

Residential pesticide use during pregnancy among a cohort of urban minority women

Robin M WhyattColumbia Center for Children s Environmental Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USAEnviron Health Perspect 110:507-14. 2002

..Diazinon exposures for some women may have exceeded health-based levels, and our findings support recent federal action to phase out residential use of this insecticide...

Spatial and temporal trends of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other traffic-related airborne pollutants in New York City

..By contrast PM2.5 levels were highly intercorrelated (values ranged from 0.725 to 0.922, p < 0.01). Further policy initiatives targeting traffic-related air pollutants may be needed for a greater impact on public health...

Modeling time-location patterns of inner-city high school students in New York and Los Angeles using a longitudinal approach with generalized estimating equations

..67 [95% confidence interval: 0.54:0.85]); for indoor-school, living in New York (0.42 [0.29:0.59]); and for outdoor, being 16-year-old (0.80 [0.67:0.96]), 17-year-old (0.71 [0.54:0.92]), and having an after school job (1.29 [1.07:1.56])...

Assessment of benzo(a)pyrene-equivalent carcinogenicity and mutagenicity of residential indoor versus outdoor polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposing young children in New York City

..In turn, communities become better equipped to relay environmental health concerns to policy makers. In this paper we describe the center's research and its academic-community partnership and present some preliminary findings...

Elemental carbon and PM(2.5 )levels in an urban community heavily impacted by truck traffic

T Suvendrini LenaMailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USAEnviron Health Perspect 110:1009-15. 2002

..9-34.4 microg/m(3)). These results show that airborne EC concentrations, an important component of DEP, are elevated in Hunts Point and that the impact varies across the community as a function of large truck traffic...

Steel dust in the New York City subway system as a source of manganese, chromium, and iron exposures for transit workers

..8 vs. 1.6 mg/h) but lower in the fall in LA compared to winter (4.3 vs. 5.0 mg/h). Uncertainty analysis determined that source strength calculations were not sensitive to measurement error for a subset of homes in LA...

A cancer risk assessment of inner-city teenagers living in New York City and Los Angeles